The Leprosy Mission Great Britain

Registered charity 1050327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q132471887 · also known as THE LEPROSY MISSION ENGLAND, WALES, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN, TLM

Our vision is leprosy defeated, lives transformed. As long as leprosy afflicts individuals and communities, we are committed to addressing the underlying causes as well as working to prevent disability and restore dignity and wholeness to people?s lives.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST TO MINISTER AND WORK FOR THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES:1) FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO LEPROSY.2) FOR THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL HEALTH OR DISABILITY, IN PARTICULAR WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY LEPROSY, AND PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH THEM TO ENABLE THEIR INTEGRATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.3) TOWARDS THE ERADICATION OF LEPROSY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Peterborough, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£10.5m

Latest spending

£10.6m

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £10,451,654 from £11,335,797 in the prior year, while total expenditure increased to £10,552,343, resulting in a net movement in funds of -£100,659. Free reserves stood at £4,337,939, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to meet the policy target of three to five months' expenditure. The charity remains solvent with unrestricted funds covering its liabilities and ongoing operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Legacies (33% of income)

“Revenue from legacies was £3,327,855. This represents 33.1% of total voluntary income”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 28.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“This means that 28 pence in every pound was spent on the cost of raising funds.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three- and five-months’ expenditure (held: £4.3m)

“Our free reserves policy requires TLMGB to hold sufficient funds to meet between three- and five-months’ expenditure.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: The Leprosy Mission Isle of Man, The Leprosy Mission Scotland

“These financial statements consolidate the results of the charitable company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries The Leprosy Mission Isle of Man and The Leprosy Mission Scotland” — page 62

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 51
Government income: £336,917 — grants £336,917 (3); 3% of the £10,451,654 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 40
Government income: £681,401 — grants £681,401 (1); 6% of the £11,335,797 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £763,812 — grants £763,812 (3); 8% of the £9,850,388 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Leprosy Mission Great Britain (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£10.5m

Total spending

£10.6m

Cost of raising funds

£3.1m

Reserves (reported)

£7.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 29.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (12/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (20/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (01/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (01/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANNE CHRISTINE FENDICK
David Mark Bryan · trustee of 1 other charity
Diana White
Gillian Elizabeth Wright
Rachel Wakefield
Rev David James Kinder
Robert Russell Mr
Sarah Helen Adlard
Timothy Brian Aikens
Zoica Bakirtzief

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£10.5m	£10.6m
31/12/2024	£11.3m	£10.0m
31/12/2023	£9.9m	£10.5m
31/12/2022	£11.1m	£9.8m
31/12/2021	£12.0m	£9.1m

Common questions

Is The Leprosy Mission Great Britain financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £10,451,654 from £11,335,797 in the prior year, while total expenditure increased to £10,552,343, resulting in a net movement in funds of -£100,659. Free reserves stood at £4,337,939, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to meet the policy target of three to five months' expenditure. The charity remains solvent with unrestricted funds covering its liabilities and ongoing operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds The Leprosy Mission Great Britain?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Leprosy Mission Great Britain as a grant recipient include SEEDFIELD TRUST, THE OAKDALE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOKE GIFFORD, THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST, WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	FY2024	Unverified read£50k	Single Institutional Project Grants
SEEDFIELD TRUST	FY2024	£4k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOKE GIFFORD	FY2025	£1k	Ministry and mission
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£250
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	FY2025	amount not stated	Single institutional project grants
DALGLEISH TRUST	FY2024	amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
GIVE A GIFT	1	£286k
FIRSTFRUITS GOSPEL FOUNDATION	1	£133k
THE ROCK FOUNDATION	1	£91k
THE CHARIS TRUST	1	£66k
MOSAIC CHURCH LIMITED	1	£19k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, SEVENOAKS	1	£18k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS	1	£8k
JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LEPROSY MISSION INTERNATIONAL.

THE LEPROSY MISSION INTERNATIONAL income £12.7m
LEEDS CITY MISSION income £59k
LIBERTY CHURCH UK income £211k
LEPROSY OUTREACH income £39k
EPILEPSY OUTLOOK income £92k
LIBERTY CHURCH LONDON income £138k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The Leprosy Mission Great Britain	£10.5m	—	—	above	28.0%	no doubt
THE LEPROSY MISSION INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£12.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
LEEDS CITY MISSION FY2025	£59k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LIBERTY CHURCH UK FY2025	£211k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
LEPROSY OUTREACH FY2026	£39k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EPILEPSY OUTLOOK FY2025	£92k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.